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...only the unscrupulous or shortsighted can defend pollution and degradation of the countryside.
Russell Kirk
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Russell Kirk
Age: 75 †
Born: 1918
Born: October 19
Died: 1994
Died: April 19
Historian
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Novelist
Peace Activist
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Plymouth
Michigan
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Countryside
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